"Wish you were here!" – Is anyone still sending postcards home?


By AGENCY

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Postcards are becoming a rarity as travellers tend to snap pictures and share them with friends online, rather than seek out a post office and buy stamps, sometimes in a different currency.

Just 39% of people surveyed say they never send postcards when travelling, while 21% say while they used to send postcards to their loved ones, but don’t anymore, a British survey found.

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